交际翻译视角下城市公示语英译探析——以武汉市为例

随着全球化进程的推进,公示语英译日益显示出其重要性。纽马克的交际翻译理论为公示语翻译提供了科学的理论基础,从该理论的指导来看,城市公示语英译中存在语言层面、语用层面和文化层面的误译等。对此,翻译者应采取积极认真的态度,提高城市公示语英译质量。     

英语语篇的背景知识联想及策略

在听力教学中,通过引导学生对背景知识的联想,可以让学生预测听力内容,减轻记忆负荷,扩大记忆容量,达到对语篇的准确理解和迅速解码的目的。分析学生中存在的背景知识联想欠缺的问题,指出提高英语背景知识联想能力的解决途径和方法。     

清末中学博物教科书中进化论内容的演变及其社会影响

1898年《天演论》的出版在清末思想界"炸响惊雷",它对清末初创的中小学课程也有显著影响。1902年我国正式设立中学博物课,最初5年内出版的中学博物教科书中进化理论却几乎阙如,其原因可能与当时博物课程的宗旨、《天演论》作为政论传入有一定关系。1907年之后,尽管博物课程的宗旨依旧,有些中学博物教科书中却开始有独立章节介绍进化理论,这与当时的社会文化背景有关。进化论进入博物教科书的过程,是教科书的知识内容具有"比较价值"的体现;它的出现,是《天演论》的出版惊雷炸响后降落的春雨,对提高博物教科书的教育价值,培植国人的科学理性,促进进化观念乃至科学世界观的形成都产生了深远的影响。     

论教师专业发展中对话的教育意蕴

通过对话的方式可以促进教师专业发展。教师通过与同行对话可以激活专业发展自觉,与文本对话中可以逐渐澄清思想中的困惑,与专家对话中寻找到解决问题的路径,与自我对话中实现超越经验的理论生成,与组织对话中可以实现生态教师文化的创建。     

从“知人论世”到“循着文本的层次突围”——对高中语文文学类文本解读方法的反思和建议

“知人论世”是高中语文文学类文本解读的传统方法,基于社会一历史视域的解读,“知人论世”有其合理性与历史意义。但在现行教学实践中存在种种弊端。加之课程与教学语境下“文本细读”的提倡与实践,更有利于完成“学生、教师、教科书编者、文本之间的多重对话”。因此,以“知人论世”为切入点,在继承“文本细读”重视文本、语言价值的基础上,提出“循着文本的层次突围”的解读方法,旨在达到丰富文本内涵、指向学生个体阅读的目的。     

浅谈合作学习在高职英语课文学习中的应用

合作学习是目前世界范围内被广泛使用的课堂教学组织形式之一,是一种提高英语教学效果的有效手段。它能激发学生学习英语的兴趣,创造大量的语言实践机会,调动学生的积极性,有利于学生创新精神和合作品质的培养。因此,本文就合作学习在高职英语课文学习中的应用作初步探讨。     

试论《韩非子》正文中的训诂

《韩非子》正文中保存了一些宝贵的训诂材料,从训诂用语和训诂方法两个方面对这些材料进行分析,阐明其体例,有助于探求《韩非子》在训诂学方面的价值。     

The effects of different types of text and individual differences on view complexity about genetically modified organisms

ABSTRACT

View change about socio-scientific issues has been well studied in the literature, but the change in the complexity of those views has not. In the current study, the change in the complexity of views about a specific scientific topic (i.e. genetically modified organisms; GMOs) and use of evidence in explaining those views was examined in relation to individual factors and type of text (informational, persuasive, or narrative). Undergraduate students completed measures of their prior views about GMOs their epistemic beliefs about the nature of science, and activities related to food consumption. Participants then read either an informational, persuasive, or narrative passage about GMOs and again answered a question related to their views about GMOs. Participants who read the persuasive passage decreased in the complexity of their views, while those who read the narrative and expository passage increased in the complexity of their views. Additionally, while cultural activities related to the complexity of individuals’ views during the pretest, these significant differences were not evident at posttest after the text intervention. These findings can be used to help scientists and teachers better understand how to communicate information critical to understanding complex science and environmental issues to the public and their students.     

Representational Classroom Practices that Contribute to Students’ Conceptual and Representational Understanding of Chemical Bonding

Understanding bonding is fundamental to success in chemistry. A number of alternative conceptions related to chemical bonding have been reported in the literature. Research suggests that many alternative conceptions held by chemistry students result from previous teaching; if teachers are explicit in the use of representations and explain their content-specific forms and functions, this might be avoided. The development of an understanding of and ability to use multiple representations is crucial to students’ understanding of chemical bonding. This paper draws on data from a larger study involving two Year 11 chemistry classes (n = 27, n = 22). It explores the contribution of explicit instruction about multiple representations to students’ understanding and representation of chemical bonding. The instructional strategies were documented using audio-recordings and the teacher-researcher’s reflection journal. Pre-test–post-test comparisons showed an improvement in conceptual understanding and representational competence. Analysis of the students’ texts provided further evidence of the students’ ability to use multiple representations to explain macroscopic phenomena on the molecular level. The findings suggest that explicit instruction about representational form and function contributes to the enhancement of representational competence and conceptual understanding of bonding in chemistry. However, the scaffolding strategies employed by the teacher play an important role in the learning process. This research has implications for professional development enhancing teachers’ approaches to these aspects of instruction around chemical bonding.     

Exploring the policy implementation paradox: using the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) policy in Ghana as an exemplar

This paper uses the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (fCUBE) policy implementation in Ghana as an exemplar to explore the apparent disjuncture between policy intentions in theory and outcomes of implementation tasks in practice. Through the critical discourse analysis of a range of policy documents complemented by the analysis of interviews with Ghanaian education officials, the paper investigates the extent to which the ‘free’, ‘compulsory’, ‘universal’ and ‘basic education’ components claimed in the fCUBE policy title are reflected in the implementation process. Owing to its commitment to enhancing the educational opportunities and outcomes of the educationally disadvantaged, the fCUBE policy is viewed as a ‘rights-based policy’ deeply rooted in social democratic values. However, the advent of neo-liberal ideological rhetoric of ‘skills for the world of work’ has triggered the neutralisation of these progressive ideals. This, the paper argues, has led to a significant discursive shift in policy direction and language of implementing the policy.